Whether you're launching a small business, renovating your bathroom, raising kids, or managing your portfolio, everyone can benefit from good models. Models provide real-world examples worthy of ...

Hi, I’m Christine Benz for Morningstar. I’ve noticed that many investors do a good job of selecting investments, but they struggle putting the pieces together into a portfolio that makes sense given ...

Wayne Duggan has a decade of experience covering breaking market news and providing analysis and commentary related to popular stocks. Wayne is a senior contributor for U.S. News & World Report and a ...

We've constructed three portfolios using only funds from the Kiplinger 25, a list of our favorite no-load mutual funds, designed for investors with different goals, time horizons and levels of risk ...

Model investors are nearly two times more likely to say they are confident about the state of their finances, and are far more likely to trust their financial advisors than investors not in models.

Previous generations turned to financial advisors mostly for stock picking. Later, advisors began custom crafting portfolios using mutual funds. That era of laser-focused attention on custom ...

While model portfolios have become a mainstay for many advisory practices, more than one-fourth of advisors are still opting not to offer them, according to new research from Morningstar. In a new ...